Course curriculum

    1. Communication Systems Unit Overview

    1. Glossary of Key Terms: Communication Systems

    1. Introduction to the Communication Systems Framework

    2. Communication Systems Framework: Application Level

    3. Communication Systems Framework: Communication Control & Addressing Level

    4. Communication Systems Framework: Transmission Level

    5. Functions Performed Within Communication Systems

    6. The Roles of Protocols in Communication

    7. The Client - Server Model

    8. Characteristics of Communication Systems Quiz

    9. Test Your Knowledge: Characteristics of Communication Systems

    10. Test Your Knowledge: Characteristics of Communication Systems Answers

    1. Teleconferencing Systems

    2. Messaging Systems: Email

    3. Messaging Systems: Voicemail

    4. Messaging Systems: VOIP

    5. Other Systems Dependent on Communication Technology

    6. E-Commerce Example: Ebay

    7. Examples of Communication Systems Quiz

    8. Test Your Knowledge: Examples of Communication Systems

    9. Test Your Knowledge: Examples of Communication Systems Answers

    1. Information Process: Transmitting & Receiving

    2. Transmission Media: Wired Transmission

    3. Transmission Media: Wireless Transmission

    4. Handshaking and the Roles of Protocols in Communication

    5. Network Topologies

    6. Functions Performed by Network Hardware: Hubs, Switches & Routers

    7. Functions Performed by Network Hardware: Bridges & Gateways

    8. Functions Performed by Network Hardware: Modems, NIC's & WAP's

    9. Functions Performed by Network Hardware: Mobile Phones & Bluetooth Devices

    10. Internet, Intranets & Extranets

    11. Transmitting & Receiving in Communication Systems Quiz

    12. Test your Knowledge: Transmitting & Receiving in Communication Systems

    13. Test your Knowledge: Transmitting & Receiving in Communication Systems Answers

    1. Collecting and Displaying: Phone

    2. Collecting and Displaying: EFTPOS

    3. Processing: Encoding & Decoding Analog & Digital Signals

    4. Processing: Formation of Data Packets

    5. Processing: Routing

    6. Processing: Encryption & Decryption

    7. Strategies for Error Detection: Parity Check

    8. Strategies for Error Detection: Checksum

    9. Strategies for Error Detection: Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC)

    10. Other Information Processes in Communication Systems Quiz

    11. Test Your Knowledge: Other Information Processes in Communication Systems

    12. Test Your Knowledge: Other Information Processes in Communication Systems Answers

About this course

  • Free
  • 65 lessons
  • 2.5 hours of video content